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Jimmy Smith on Mentors, Racism and the Future of Advertising
In honor of Black History Month, Ad Age caught up with a number of marketing and advertising executives for a Q&A. The first in the series is Jimmy Smith, chairman-CEO-chief creative officer of the relatively new Amusement Park Entertainment, who answered via email.
AA/Creativity : How did you discover advertising?
Mr. Smith: I said it before and I'll say it again: "BEWITCHED"! Darrin Stephens (played by Dick York) and his wife, Samantha, (played by Elizabeth Montgomery), introduced me to the ad game. If it weren't for Endora (played by Agnes Moorehead) Darrin would've been living the life! And Larry Tate (played by David White) taught me to beware of account people. (Just kidding!)
AA/Creativity : What did your parents/family think about your decision to pursue it?
Mr. Smith: Pop was cool like DJ Kool Herc with it, but it took Mom a minute to get over my decision. For a while, I had told her that I wanted to be a lawyer. So when I backtracked a few years later and decided on advertising she was very, very disappointed. Fortunately, once I became successful at it she saw the light. Even to the point where she used to come with me to the office just about every day. True story!
AA/Creativity : Who are your heroes/role models in the business?
Mr. Smith: Pop owned a few different businesses. He had an entrepreneurial spirit. He even owned an Arby's . So I learned a lot from him.
I gotta give Alma Hopkins and Lewis Williams some dap. They both worked at Burrell, an African-American agency, and that was my first gig. I had forgotten who I was supposed to interview with at Burrell, so the receptionist showed me a list of names. I thought it was Alma who I was supposed to meet, but it wasn't. Yet, she came out anyway and did the interview. Then she hired me. Lewis took me under his wing, made like Phil Jackson and taught me the fundamentals of advertising.
At FCB in Chicago, Al Hawkins took it from there, along with Gwen Dawkins. They taught me that my work had to be 10 times tighter than the other cats in order to gain respect.
Jo Muse -- the godfather of how I approach advertising today -- gave me my big break when he hired me to work on Nike at Muse Cordero Chen.
Then there was the "W&K and the rest is history" era. Dan [Wieden] hooked a brotha up and -- along with John "Doctor" Jay , Jim Riswold, Billy Davenport and Lil Jonny Kamen (not to mention Scott Bedbury, Rob DeFlorio and Trevor Edwards at Nike ) -- taught me how to drive the advertising equivalent of a Bugatti. Praise Jesus I didn't crash!
BBDO's David "Dr. Damn" Lubars and Andrew Robertson allowed me to be a mad scientist and test out some of my crazy theories in L.A.
And the older, white version of me (according to Joe Pytka), Lee "Yoda" Clow, gave me the keys to his kingdom for three years. It was an honor, and I'll never forget it. That's when we G'd up Gatorade.
Of course, just when I thought I knew it all, another cat, Michael Roth, chairman-CEO of IPG, came along and dropped a huge pile of books on my desk and said with a smirk, "Yeah, but did you know this?"
I'm joking, but only slightly.
AA/Creativity : I know you've talked about this before: What do you think—today—about the diversity problem in adland? Has it changed from say, 5 years ago? 10 years ago?
Mr. Smith: I'm not 100% sure, because I didn't do a survey back in the day, but I could have sworn there were more black folks in the biz when I began my career. So, it doesn't get any more wack than that .
AA/Creativity : Have you ever worked at an African-American shop? Do you see those sticking around, or do you think the trend is toward smaller "urban" or even "youth" shops?
Mr. Smith: As I said, I worked at Burrell and the multicultural agency, Muse Cordero Chen. I wouldn't be where I am today without those places, because at the time no one else would hire me.
If the African-American shops are smart (and they are) they'll seize the moment, understand the opportunity, make like Don Cornelius and provide clients with the hippest trips in American advertising. Most general market agencies can't fake the funk and African-American agencies should stop running away from the funk.
AA/Creativity : Have you ever had any problems in the industry related to being African-American? If so, what did you learn from them?
Mr. Smith: Of course, and those are pretty well-documented. I personally didn't learn much from those racist experiences in advertising, because I grew up in an all-white neighborhood. For a while there I was called nigger damn near every day when I was growing up. So I was neither surprised nor deterred by the racism I faced early in my career. I was taught often by Mom and Pop that I had to be twice as good and that I couldn't beat the crap out of everyone that called me nigger. That I had to use that thing between my ears more often than I used the things at the end of my arms. And they made sure that I understood that I was never, ever to take "no" for an answer.
AA/Creativity : What are your thoughts on African-Americans and entrepreneurialism in advertising/marketing? Do you feel there's plenty of opportunity, and do you think African-American creative are well poised to take advantage of them? You, for example, launched your own shop. How hard was that decision?
Mr. Smith: Starting my own company was an easy decision. It had nothing to do with being black and everything to do with me wanting to take brands to the moon, Mars and the stars via advertising that didn't look or smell like advertising. I just simply wanted to make like Bill Bernbach, Georg Olden, Lee Clow, Dan Wieden, John Jay , Jo Muse and Jon Kamen and change the game. I want to take it from a world of 30-second commercials to a world of communication that lives digitally, in apps, video games, events, TV shows, film, etc. In other words, in entertainment.
That's where it's at for brands. So with the help of Michael Roth and IPG (as well as a soon to be revealed mystery client at the MWC), I created my dream gig, Amusement Park Entertainment.
As for other blacks starting their own businesses, I predict in seven years we won't be having this conversation, because many brands will be out of business if we're still having this conversation in seven years. And the CMOs of most brands are intelligent. They know what time it is . They see the handwriting on the wall. They know what color the money is . It's black and yellow, brown and white.

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Industrial users are starting to expect mobile access to measurement data, according to an article on mobile technology that is part of the recently released " Data Acquisition Technology Outlook 2013 " report from National Instruments (registration required).
The report states:
The worldwide proliferation of mobile devices has given people unlimited and instant access to information. Questions no longer go unanswered, as information is made available from anywhere, anytime. Mobile technology has created a natural expectation to have continuous access to information and it is now influencing the data acquisition market.
The report also quotes Jessy Cavazos, industry director for test and measurement at the consulting firm Frost & Sullivan:
Mobile computing devices are evolving and providing opportunities for wireless data acquisition systems. This is going to change the data acquisition market.
Though we may not be surprised by this trend or even by that bold prediction, they do raise questions about the impact of mobile technology on data acquisition methods and tools. In the data acquisition space, engineers are getting constant access to information, and they are using that access to achieve efficiency gains and in many cases avoid issues before they become costly. But mobile technology is also evolving quickly, so it is difficult to implement standards. The report concludes that engineers and scientists must enhance their skill sets by understanding the options for mobile integration and keeping tabs on the outlook for future mobile systems.
The article, "Mobile Technology's Influence on Data Acquisition," looks at, among other things, how recent platform developments are affecting test and measurement. The report highlights measurement options for mobile technology integration and how common solutions are starting to evolve. The most basic solution is using a mobile device to take handheld measurements, but another is to use the mobile device as a human-machine interface for remote measurement systems. Mobile security, one of the final topics covered in the report, has become an issue as more devices are used to connect to secure information.
The complete 20-page report presents a series of four articles that explore software and hardware technology trends impacting the data acquisition market. It is a must-read and a valuable resource, especially for those directly involved in data acquisition applications.
The other articles that are part of the report are:
- Big Analog Data and Data Acquisition : "Differentiation is no longer about who can collect the most data; it's about who can quickly make sense of the data they collect."
- Moore's Law at Work in Data Logging : "With the digital world we live in becoming more complex, we are demanding more from the systems recording the physical and electrical phenomena of today and tomorrow."
- Emerging Bus Technologies : "New bus technologies are poised to evolve data acquisition systems and address the challenges of future measurement applications."
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Holiday Gift Giving Ideas For Your Cyclist
Is there a cyclist on your gift giving list this year? Here are some great options that are sure to light them up when they unwrap what you gave them.
I'm going to be completely honest and upfront with all of you. I'm an affiliate for every product on this gift giving list, but if you know anything about me you'll know that I only endorse products that I completely believe in and are quality products. Every item on my holiday gift giving list is 100% Loving the Bike certified and will make one incredible gift.
This gift list is made up of affordable options that any passionate cyclist should really dig. Let's get shopping.
The List
1. Loving the Bike T's and Onesies
I'm so happy to be teamed up once again with a great guy named Henry who lives in the small town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Yes, Moose Jaw. He's a Columbian refuge and an all around great guy. He also happens to own a super cool t-shirt company and has an exclusive line of Loving the Bike T-shirts and baby onesies.
There are five different t-shirt options (both Men's and Women's cut shirts) and each design is available in your choice of 10 different colors. Right now we have a special Buy One, Get One at 50% off deal until November 25th, and there's always Free Shipping Worldwide no matter when you make your purchase (to activate the BOGO place your first order, then you'll be e-mailed with instructions on how to receive additional items at 50% off).
Buy it Here: Loving the Bike Shirts and Onesies
2. Unique Cycling Gifts
I really don't know what else to call the items available at the Bicycle Gift Hub. They have a bunch of great products and all of them have an undeniable bicycle theme. There's everything from bicycle ornaments for the tree, statues and jewelry…and even bike shaped pasta. They have hundreds of interesting and unique gift ideas so have a look around and see what catches your eye.
Buy it Here: Bicycle Gift Hub
3. Reveal the Path DVD
You probably already know that I really love the film, Reveal the Path….if you don't know how I feel about it, here's my review of this cycling (and life) adventure.
DVD's are a popular gift giving option, and any cyclist on your list will get viewing pleasure from this one all year round. Not only will it entertain, but it will also inspire them to get out there and chase after their dreams.
Buy it Here: Reveal the Path
4. Cycling Friendly Earbuds
I don't mean to stir up the debate on cycling with music and earphones, but if the cyclist on your list uses an iPod then get one of these products from Far End Gear.
The guys at Far End Gear are cyclists and know how to keep you safe while enjoying your music. They have earbuds that mix both channels of sound from a stereo audio device into a single ear, leaving one ear wide open to hear the sounds around you. They also have Brite Buds which have a reflective cord so if you're riding in low light conditions you have one more source for being seen.
Buy it Here: Far End Gear
5. Make Them Suffer
If your favorite cyclist is stuck doing their riding inside on a trainer this winter, get them one (or all) of The Sufferfest videos to entertain them and make them suffer.
Here's a little preview of one of the videos:
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Regardless of your fitness level, if you want to get really strong and fast, then high-intensity intervals are the way to do it. The Sufferfest's turbo training videos feature exciting cycling interval workouts, fantastic professional racing footage, great music and clear instructions. You don't have to think – just get on, ride and suffer. All videos are available by immediate download as .mp4 files (These are not DVDs).
Buy it Here: The Sufferfest Website
So there you have it. A bunch of great gift ideas for those cyclists on your list…..and none of them are anywhere near as expensive as buying them a new bike. I hope this helps you with your shopping.


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In football jargon, the area within twenty yards of the goal line is called the Red Zone. There is nothing more disheartening to a football fan (and team) than when their team makes it inside the 20 yard line but fumbles the ball away to the other side. Both fans and coaches will go ballistic if their team loses possession from a fumble or an interception inside the 20 – turnovers are never good in football, but when they occur inside the Red Zone, at best it's a momentum shift; at worst, it can be a game changer.
For our health, the 'Red Zone' is the holiday season – the time between Thanksgiving and New Year's. As it is, the seasonal change from Fall to Winter is hard on our immune system, and it's the beginning of cold and flu season. Without a doubt, this time of year is made worse by the abundance of unhealthy food choices that overwhelm us during the holidays. From people bringing baked goods and candies into offices to the numerous parties and family celebrations that seem to be anchored around Christmas cookies, pies, and cakes, temptations are all around.
The double … no, triple … no, quadruple whammy This is not an idle threat – not only is sugar bad for our health, but pies, cakes, cookies, and crackers are made with refined flour, which acts just like sugar when digested, and flour comes with inflammation-promoting gluten. So pies and other holiday "treats" create a triple whammy of sugar and refined flour, both of which cause rapid increases in blood glucose levels, resulting in decreased immune function, and finally, some disease-promoting inflammation. And finally, as a quadruple whammy, eating nutrient-poor sweets causes us to not eat (or displaces) the nutrient-dense foods we should be eating for our health in general and the immune system in particular.
Sugar Decreases Immune Function It's long been known that sugar intake causes decreased immune system function. Studies have shown that the immune system is weakened substantially within minutes of eating refined sugar; the more you eat, the more your body's insulin response system is compromised. The body's cell-mediated immunity uses specialized white blood cells called neutrophils to attack tumors, viruses, and bacteria, and is decreased when there is elevated blood glucose, which is caused by eating refined carbohydrate foods such as sugar and white flour. [Sanchez A, et al. Roles of sugars in human neutrophilic phagocytosis. Amer J Clin Nutr 1973; 26:1180-1184. (view article)]. What's more, not only are we more susceptible to getting colds and flu, even our body's ability to fight cancer is compromised when we eat sugar. [Ely JTA, Krone CA Controlling Hyperglycemia as an Adjunct to Cancer Therapy. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2005; 4(1): 25-31. (view article)]
Don't Fumble – Hold Onto the Ball So, how does one avoid the temptation of all those seemingly "yummy" foods that we've grown up with? First, we must own up to the fact that "a little won't hurt" is a lie – sugary foods will hurt your body, and the more you indulge, the more it hurts your body – yes, it's cumulative (in case you were wondering, that's how people end up overweight, with heart disease, diabetes, and cancer). Second, if the temptation is at the office where holiday cookies, cakes, candy canes, etc. are everywhere, pack nutritious snacks and lunches to take to work – if you have strong fall back foods, you'll be less likely to indulge. Third, if you're headed to an office Christmas party or some other holiday celebration where you know there are going to be ample opportunities to indulge in an array of 'disease foods,' here are some good strategies: (a) eat healthy foods before you leave for the party; (b) bring some healthy munchies yourself – look at it as an opportunity to share how great a Paleo diet style can be; (c) when eating at a party, focus on eating the veggies and other healthy, nutrient-dense foods first; that way, your appetite will be satiated before hitting the desserts or other non-food health 'derailleurs'.
You can do it!
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Friday afternoon, Vanderbilt released a statement that four unnamed football players were suspended earlier in the week for violating team rules. However, the university also cited an "ongoing investigation", indicating the reason for the suspensions was not your typical off-the-field issue.
That belief gained some traction when, a short while later, the Nashville Tennessean reported the four players were suspended amid a sex crimes investigation by Metro police.
"I can confirm that the Metropolitan Police Department's Sex Crimes Unit began an investigation on Wednesday in regard to a matter that was alleged to have occurred at a Vanderbilt University dormitory," said Don Aaron, spokesman for Metro police, via the Tennessean. "Our sex crimes detectives became involved as the result of a notification to us on Wednesday from Vanderbilt University police. The investigation remains very much in progress."
All other details of the alleged incident are unknown at this time. Six other student-athletes are under investigation as well, but no arrests in the case have been made.
"As additional facts become known, Vanderbilt will take further action, if and as warranted," the statement reads.


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|Image courtesy of the Friends of the Sheridan Library
It was late August 1879. James Gemmell woke up early one morning determined to accomplish a mission he had been considering for a long time. He had thought about it for many weeks, but hadn't wanted to discuss it with Maria. She would only worry about him. After breakfast and a few morning chores, he told Maria that he was going into town to get the mail and the weekly newspaper. She thought nothing of it; this was his usual routine.
He rode into the village and stopped at Rozelle Bateman's place at the corner of Main and Mill Street. Bateman was the postmaster. His four-room house, constructed with logs from Gemmell's saw mill, served as a post office, a store, a hotel, as well as a home for his family. Everybody stopped at Bateman's when they came into Sheridan.
James walked into the store and headed for the cigar box on the shelf near the dry goods to check for mail. That cigar box was the official Sheridan post office, where the villagers (one hundred fifty of them in 1879) dropped off and picked up their letters. Today there was no mail for the Gemmells. James had a little time to chat with some of his neighbors and read the newspaper while he waited. He felt some sense of relief that today he would complete what he considered some very important business at the hotel.
Like his brother William, James had always been strong and fit, and was very seldom ill. In recent years he had noticed that old age was creeping up on him. Even Maria noticed that his appetite had diminished, that he had lost weight and often complained of stomach pain. Instinctively he knew that those whiskey sprees with his fellow mountain men had taken a toll on his health. Back in 1870 he swore off the whiskey, except for special occasions. Now, at nearly sixty-five years old, he accepted the fact that his days were numbered…perhaps he would live a few more months, or maybe even a few more years. At best, time was short.
A few days earlier James had heard rumors that an old acquaintance William F. Wheeler would be coming to Sheridan on business, and of course, he would be staying at Bateman's hotel. The stage wouldn't depart until evening, so James figured there would be time to pay him a visit before he left town. James had met him for the first time ten years previously, when Wheeler first arrived as the newly appointed United States Marshal of Montana Territory. A native of New York, he had studied law and worked as a newpaper reporter for the Ohio Statesman before entering government service. His ten-year term as Marshal had just ended, and he was now able to devote most of his time to his position as a founding officer of the Montana Historical Society.
|William F. Wheeler, 1890
Photo courtesy of Montana Historical Society Archives
Several folks had arrived at noon to talk with the former marshal. James waited his turn and finally stepped forward to greet his old friend. Wheeler recognized him immediately as one of the first acquaintances he had made when he came to Montana. He remembered that James Gemmell was one of the very first white settlers in the territory. He couldn't help but notice how James had aged since he saw him last. How feeble he looked! He motioned for James to sit down and have a glass of wine.
|Sheridan as James knew it in the 1870's
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View from back of Bateman store
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Wheeler had stopped in Sheridan on his way home to Helena after visiting Yellowstone National Park.(1) His description of its many natural wonders sparked vivid memories for James, who then related the story of his expedition to Yellowstone with old Jim Bridger more than thirty years earlier. All the while Wheeler was jotting down a few notes. "Have you ever seen any views (photographs) of the geysers, the falls and hot springs since your first visit," he asked.
James responded, "When I was in Bozeman several years back, Bird Calfee showed me his whole collection. I recognized them all right away. Always wanted to go back again, but I had a large family to feed. Seems like I was always working."
Two hours had flown by, and James had nearly forgotten the real reason he had come to call on William Wheeler. At this point he invited Wheeler to go home with him to his ranch just a mile away. He said he had some interesting papers he would like him to see. When they arrived at the house, James retrieved two yellowed, tattered copies of the Michigan State Gazette that he had kept in a satchel for thirty-five years. The Jackson, Michigan, newspaper had reprinted two letters originally published in the New York Plebeian. These two letters recounted the story of his involvement in the Canadian rebellion of 1837, from his capture and trial and sentence of life imprisonment in Van Diemens Land, to his escape and return home after two years of captivity.
Wheeler continued to take notes as James told how he happened to venture out on the plains. He talked about the death of his first wife in Michigan, how he met up with Jim Bridger, how he settled in Great Salt Lake City, and how he and his family were among the earliest settlers in Montana.
A couple of hours passed unnoticed until it was time for supper. Maria insisted that their guest stay and have a meal with them. James introduced several of his children who were still living at home. The youngest one was three-year-old George, a stout, healthy, rosy-cheeked boy. He was James' twenty-first child. (James had eighteen biological children and three step children.)
After supper the two men drove the buggy back to Sheridan in time for Wheeler to catch his evening stagecoach to Helena. As they parted, James placed the newspapers in Wheeler's hands and explained that he was getting old and didn't expect to live much longer. For this reason he had told his story. He had one last request of Wheeler, "If you consider my story worth preserving, I hope you will write it out." As they shook hands, Wheeler assured him that he would.
William Fletcher Wheeler served as the Montana Historical Society librarian from 1884 until his death in 1894. He devoted much of his time collecting the reminiscences of old pioneers and writing their biographies. He completed his article "The Late James Gemmell" in 1881, and it was published by the Montana Historical Society in 1896, fifteen years after James died.(2)______________________________
- Yellowstone National Park was designated by the United States Congress in 1872.
- Wheeler, William F., "The Late James Gemmell," Montana Historical Society, vol. II, p.332.


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Exercise and an active lifestyle have many benefits to health. Conversely, a lack of exercise is detrimental to overall health and is specifically associated with several health problems. People with a history of heart disease or over the age of forty should consult a healthcare professional before starting an exercise program.
(The following list is comprehensive, although not necessarily exhaustive. Contact your health care professional for more information.)
Exercise helps decrease body fat13 and improves insulin sensitivity.14 Exercisers are less likely to develop type 2, or noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.15 People with type 1, or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, who exercise require less insulin.16 However, exercise can induce low blood sugar or even occasionally increased blood sugar.17 Therefore, diabetics should never begin an exercise program without consulting a healthcare professional.
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2. Thune I, Lund E. The influence of physical activity on lung-cancer risk. Int J Cancer 1997;70:57–62.
3. Moore MA, Park CB, Tsuda H. Physical exercise: a pillar for cancer prevention? Eur J Cancer Prev 1998;7:177–93.
4. Fintor L. Exercise and breast cancer risk: lacking consensus. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999;91:825–7.
5. Reaven PD, McPhillips JB, Barrett-Connor EL, Criqui MH. Leisure time exercise and lipid and lipoprotein levels in an older population. J Am Geriatr Soc 1990;38:847–54.
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7. Pekkanen J, Marti B, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J. Reduction of premature mortality by high physical activity: a 20-year follow-up of middle-aged Finnish men. Lancet 1987;1:1473–7.
8. Willich SN, Lewis M, Lowel H, et al. Physical exertion as a trigger of acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1993;329:1684–90.
9. Reaven PD, McPhillips JB, Barrett-Connor EL, Criqui MH. Leisure time exercise and lipid and lipoprotein levels in an older population. J Am Geriatr Soc 1990;38:847–54.
10. Duncan JJ, Gordon NF, Scott CB. Women walking for health and fitness—how much is enough? JAMA 1991;266:3295–9.
11. Pekkanen J, Marti B, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J. Reduction of premature mortality by high physical activity: a 20-year follow-up of middle-aged Finnish men. Lancet 1987;1:1473–7.
12. Willich SN, Lewis M, Lowel H, et al. Physical exertion as a trigger of acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1993;329:1684–90.
13. Hersey III WC, Graves JE, Pollack ML, et al. Endurance exercise training improves body composition and plasma insulin responses in 70- to 79-year-old men and women. Metabol 1994;43:847–54.
14. Rasmussen OW, Lauszus FF, Hermansen K. Effects of postprandial exercise on glycemic response in IDDM subjects. Diabetes Care 1994;17:1203.
15. Helmrich SP, Ragland DR, Leung RW, Paffenbarger RS. Physical activity and reduced occurrence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med 1991;325:147–52.
16. Grimm J-J, Muchnick S. Type I diabetes and marathon running. Diabetes Care 1993;16:1624 [letter].
17. Bell DSH. Exercise for patients with diabetes—benefits, risks, precautions. Postgrad Med 1992;92:183–96 [review].
18. Wolfe F, Ross K, Anderson J, Russell J. Aspects of fibromyalgia in the general population: Sex, pain threshold, and FM symptoms. J Rheumatol 1995;22(1):151–5.
19. Wilke W. Fibromyalgia: Recognizing and addressing the multiple interrelated factors. Postgrad Med 1996;100(1):153–170.
20. Carette S. Fibromyalgia 20 years later: What have we really accomplished? J Rheumatol 1995;22(4):590–4.
21. Mengshail AM, Komnaes HB, Forre O. The effects of 20 weeks of physical fitness training in female patients with fibromyalgia. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1992;10:345–9.
22. Kukkonen K, Rauramaa R, Voutilainene E, Lansimies E. Physical training of middle-aged men with borderline hypertension. Ann Clin Res 1982;14(Suppl 34):139–45.
23. Young DR, Appel LG, Jee SH, Miller ER III. The effect of aerobic exercise and T'ai Chi on Blood pressure in older people: results of a randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47:277–84.
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Liverpool edge Swansea in 7 goal thriller
Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson scored two goals apiece as Liverpool registered...
Philip Rivers tossed a trio of touchdown passes on Sunday, as the San Diego Chargers spoiled the return of Ben Roethlisberger with a 34-24 triumph over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.
Rivers completed 21-of-41 passes for 200 yards, while Danario Alexander hauled in seven passes for 88 yards and a pair of scores for the Chargers (5-8), who snapped a four-game skid to avoid locking up their first losing season on the six-season watch of coach Norv Turner.
The Chargers also added a defensive touchdown in the victory, their first ever regular-season win in Pittsburgh.
"No Chargers team has ever won here in the regular season so that was kind of my mantra here all week," Rivers said. "It's a good team win. We can enjoy this one for a little while."
Roethlisberger missed the last three games due to a sprained right shoulder and an accompanying rib injury, but managed to throw for 285 yards and three scores with one interception on 22-of-42 passing.
Mike Wallace finished with seven catches for 112 yards and two scores for the Steelers (7-6), who were coming off a 23-20 triumph over rival Baltimore last weekend.
"It was a good performance by them, poor one by us," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin admitted. "We gotta accept responsibility for it and move on."
Pittsburgh's offense struggled to find a rhythm in the first half, giving the Chargers excellent field position throughout the opening 30 minutes.
Nick Novak buried a 51-yard field goal on San Diego's second touch of the game, but the Chargers were unable to take advantage of the fortuitous starting position until late in the second quarter.
Starting from the Pittsburgh 48, the Chargers needed just three plays to score, as Alexander lost his defender with a double move before Rivers found him wide open down the left sideline for a 39-yard touchdown to make it 10-0 with 3:40 left in the half.
The Steelers turned it over on downs on their ensuing touch when Isaac Redman was stacked up at the line on 4th-and-1 from the Pittsburgh 47.
The Chargers quickly capitalized, as Novak knocked a 39-yarder through the uprights to extend the lead to 13-0 with under a minute left in the half.
Pittsburgh crossed midfield for the first time on its ensuing touch, as Roethlisberger bought time in the pocket and fired a 31-yard strike to Emmanuel Sanders to the San Diego 48.
Three plays later, Roethlisberger found Wallace over the middle for 17 yards and after a spike, Shaun Suisham buried a 49-yard field goal to trim the deficit to 13-3 heading into the locker room.
San Diego turned its first possession of the second half into points, as Rivers converted a trio of third downs before Ronnie Brown picked up another first down with a 17-yard surge on 3rd-and-13 down to the Pittsburgh 12.
Three plays later, Rivers picked up the biggest third down of the drive, as he found Michael Floyd for a 3-yard touchdown on 3rd-and-1 to cap the 17-play, 78-yard drive and give the visitors a 20-3 advantage.
San Diego then blew the game open with another touchdown just 12 seconds later.
On the first play of Pittsburgh's ensuing drive, Roethlisberger threw a quick screen to Antonio Brown, but the ball bounced off the back of a blocker and rolled into the end zone.
The throw was ruled a backward pass and after Brown was unable to scoop up the loose ball, San Diego defensive back Quentin Jammer pounced on the fumble for a touchdown. The play was reviewed, but the ruling was upheld to give San Diego a 27-3 edge with 5:16 left in the third.
The Steelers answered quickly, as Roethlisberger scrambled for eight yards on 3rd-and-4 to keep the touch alive before finding Wallace deep down the field two plays later for a 40-yard touchdown to trim the margin to 27-10.
After a San Diego punt, Pittsburgh got the ball at their own 6-yard line, but on the second play of the possession, Roethlisberger was picked off by Bront Bird at the Pittsburgh 17.
Two plays later, Rivers floated a pass for Alexander in the front of the end zone and the wideout out-leaped his defender and hauled in the 15-yard score to make it 34-10 with under 10 minutes left in the game.
Pittsburgh answered with a scoring march, as Roethlisberger converted a pair of third downs before capping the 10-play trek with an 11-yard TD toss to Wallace to cut the margin to 34-17 with just over six minutes left.
Roethlisberger added a 1-yard touchdown pass to Brown with less than a minute left, but the Steelers' ensuing onside kick was recovered by San Diego and the Chargers ran out the remainder of the clock.


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September 2017
"Sister Eve stood at the door, the hem of her long, gray habit caught in the top of her cowboy boots."
~ from Lynne Hinton's
Sister Eve, Private Eye
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With You Always
Jody Hedlund
Historical Romance. Life in 1857 New York City is tough for 19-year-old immigrant Elise. She'd promised her dying parents she would care for her four siblings, but she hasn't been able to provide a home or enough food. Desperate, Elise accepts the New York Children's Aid Society's offer of a job in Illinois, requiring her to leave her siblings behind. Meanwhile, Thornton Quincy competes with his brother to see who can marry and create a sustainable town along a railway line in six months; the winner gets their wealthy father's business. Giving readers a sweet love story grounded in faith, this 1st in the Orphan Train series also highlights a lesser known part of the trains' history.
Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra
Angela Hunt
Biblical Fiction. Set during the "silent years,"
the period between the Old and New Testaments,
Egypt's Sister
focuses on
Chava, the Jewish daughter of a royal tutor in Alexandria, Egypt. Chava grows up playing with Urbi, a princess, and even hears God speak to her about their lives being linked. But after Urbi becomes Queen Cleopatra and a rift occurs between the two, Chava is sold into slavery, landing in Rome. The 1st in the Silent Years series focuses on Chava's personal relationship with God and draws a fascinating picture of ancient times.
Ascension of Larks
Rachel Linden
General Fiction. Adventurous photographer Magdalena "Maggie" Henry may have grown up poor, but now she's a huge success who loves her job. She also relishes vacationing
on Washington's San Juan Island at the home of
her friends, architect Marco, his wife (
and Maggie's college roommate)
Lena, and their three kids. But those times are also painful for Maggie; Marco is the only man she's ever loved. After Marco unexpectedly dies, Maggie rushes to help grief-stricken Lena and the kids, balancing her own pain, her career, newly discovered secrets, a compelling new friendship, and another tragic event. This beautifully written debut novel has a subtle faith message and thoughtfully examines love, loss, and healing.
Abiding Mercy
Ruth Reid
Amish Fiction. Faith Pinkham may only be 16, but she's devoted to the Amish church
She works in her family's restaurant, likes an Amish boy who seems to like her back, and is content...even if she doesn't always get along with her sister. But her world is knocked askew when she learns that her real name is Adriana, and that she was kidnapped as a toddler and left on her Amish family's doorstep. With the outside world (in the form of police and wealthy biological parents) now a very real part of her life, Faith's future looks nothing like she'd planned. This 1st in the Amish Mercies series offers readers a fresh story with thought-provoking questions and a charming romance.
It's a Mystery!
Rules of Murder
Julianna Deering
Historical Mystery. In the early 1930s English countryside, a party at Drew Farthering's country estate proves deadly when a man is murdered. Farthering, his best friend Nick (who's also the butler's son), and Madeline, a lovely American guest, all enjoy a good mystery novel and set out to try and solve the crime themselves. Christian fiction readers who adore
Golden Age mystery authors like Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers will be intrigued by this 1st in a series; the 6th entry,
Death at Thorburn Hall
, comes out in November.
Murder Comes by Mail
A.H. Gabhart
Mystery. On his day off, Hidden Springs, Kentucky, Deputy Sheriff Michael Keane is driving a rickety bus full of church ladies to the city to see a play. On their way, they spot a suicidal man on the edge of a bridge. Michael talks him down, but the would-be jumper claims that Michael will regret his actions. When t
aunting letters and photos of murder victims start arriving at the sheriff's office
, Michael is inclined to agree, suspecting that the man he saved is a serial killer. Quirky characters combined with a charming small-town setting make this well-plotted mystery, the 2nd in a series, a good bet for Vannetta Chapman's fans.
Deception on Sable Hill
Shelley Shepard Gray
Historical Mystery. It seems like Gilded Age Chicago debutante Eloisa Carstairs has everything -- she's beautiful, wealthy, and has many male admirers -- but an assault by a suitor
has left her secretive and nervous. When she meets Sean Ryan, a Irish cop who's working security at a high society ball, she likes and trusts him, even though he is several rungs down the social ladder. Ryan is drawn to Eloisa, too, and with a killer on the loose targeting socialites, he'll do everything in his power to keep her safe and catch the murderer. Second in the Chicago World's Fair mystery trilogy, this enchanting novel will please fans who enjoy romance and suspense with their mysteries.
Sister Eve, Private Eye
Lynne Hinton
Mystery. What's a 40-year-old Harley-riding nun to do when her private detective father falls ill during a murder case? If you're Eve Divine, you take a sabbatical from the convent and work the case yourself! After all, she has a knack for detection...and she's been wondering if the Benedictine
Order in Pecos, New Mexico is really the place for her
. But before she sorts out her own future, she needs to figure out who killed a prominent Hollywood writer/director. This is the 1st book in an entertaining series.
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Researchers begin collaring Minn. moose calves
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Biologists have begun collaring moose calves in the second phase of a study to determine why Minnesota's moose population is declining so rapidly.
This past winter, researchers attached high-tech GPS collars to more than 100 adult moose. Minnesota Public Radio reports they started putting collars on baby moose last week and are about halfway to their goal of 50.
Department of Natural Resources biologist Glenn DelGiudice says the calves are just a few days old, and researchers can walk up to them.
Three collared calves have already died, one shortly after being collared; two after being abandoned by their mothers. In the adult study, four moose died after being tranquilized and collared.
DelGiudice says the risks are necessary to try to prevent the disappearance of moose from northeastern Minnesota.


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ESA at Europe's Spaceport
ESA maintains a small team at the Spaceport to act as its representative in French Guiana.
At the Spaceport, ESA is the owner of the launch infrastructure for the Ariane 5, Vega and Soyuz launchers. This includes launcher and satellite preparation buildings, launch operation facilities and the launcher production facilities for the Ariane 5 solid propellant boosters that are largely manufactured and integrated at the spaceport.
ESA finances two thirds of the fixed costs of the Spaceport and contributes to the funding of the launch sites.
As well as representing the Agency and its Member States at the Spaceport, the ESA office is also responsible for:
- monitoring the implementation of the contract between ESA and CNES for the running of the Spaceport;
- participating in strategic decision-making processes, particularly those concerned with planning, industrial policy and public relations;
- monitoring the participation of European industry;
- hosting VIPs, government delagations and other ESA guests visiting the site;
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Serial Mom: Collector's Edition
In many respects, Beverly Sutphin, the heroine of Serial Mom, is the mythical suburban homemaker who populated American consciousness back in the 1950s. She loves her family and dotes on their every need. She is active in the PTA. She makes a hearty breakfast.
There's one hitch, though. Beverly Sutphin has one heck of a temper. Make an unkind remark about one of her kids and you're liable to find yourself run over repeatedly or impaled on a newly purchased fireplace poker.
It helps to know that Serial Mom is the brainchild of John Waters, cinema's onetime reigning impresario of bad taste. Released theatrically back in 1994, the movie marked the biggest-budgeted outing for Waters, whose underground efforts had included Female Trouble and the notorious Pink Flamingos. The flick doesn't rank as one of the director's most memorable -- it's too tame to be shocking and too one-note to be a laugh-riot -- but it's entertaining enough, and it boasts a sporting performance by Kathleen Turner in the titular role.
Serial Mom's high-concept premise is that a housewife cut from the Donna Reed cloth of domestic bliss would be a psychopathic killer. Waters, who also penned the screenplay, wastes no time diving right into things. After sending her dentist husband (Sam Waterston) and two children off for the day, Beverly goes to a parent-teacher conference at her kids' school. Her ire is raised when a teacher, Mr. Stubbins (John Badila), complains that her son, Chip (Matthew Lillard), has a "sick obsession" with gory horror movies.
"Mr. Stubbins, we are a loving and supportive family!" protests Mrs. Sutphin.
"Well, you're doing something wrong," snipes the teacher.
The protective mama is not convinced. Later, she lets the man know her displeasure by flattening him with the family station wagon.
And so it goes. Beverly's list of grievances quickly spirals out of control. Daughter Misty (Ricki Lake) is stood up by a boy who is eventually reprimanded by the aforementioned poker. A friend of Chip's is targeted for extinction because he neglects to wear a seatbelt. A busybody neighbor incurs Beverly's wrath because she doesn't recycle. Our homicidal homemaker torments another neighbor, the long-suffering Dottie Hinkle (Waters regular Mink Stole), because the woman once sailed into a parking space that Beverly had been waiting to get.
Waters has called Serial Mom a sequel to his 1972 opus, Female Trouble, noting that both pictures riff on the American penchant for elevating mass murderers to celebrity status. Maybe so, but Divine's over-the-top performance in that earlier film tests our comfort level in a way that the generally affable Serial Mom does not. Beverly Sutphin becomes an overnight sensation after she is apprehended by police, but the development plays like a screwball comedy. Her kids hawk "Serial Mom" souvenirs outside the courtroom of her murder trial, while Suzanne Somers signs on to play Beverly in the inevitable movie version.
The killer-mom joke is amusing, but it proves somewhat thin to sustain a feature-length film. Luckily, Waters tosses in a generous helping of his skewed takes on American middle-class behavior. Beverly's straight-arrow husband indignantly touts the death penalty whenever he reads or hears about a criminal action. Overweight Misty swoons that a boy has promised to take her to a dance at the University of Maryland if she loses 10 pounds. Barry Manilow's "Daybreak" becomes a running joke.
There are creepier images, too. One woman relaxes by popping in a videotape of the musical Annie while happily urging her dog to lick her toes and "make them all wet." That canine lover also happens to be at the center of a surprisingly well-executed set piece. Beverly dispatches of the woman by beating her with a leg of lamb while a TV set blares Aileen Quinn belting out "Tomorrow."
Serial Mom's biggest attribute is Kathleen Turner. More than game for this silliness, she shows off an admirable elastic expressiveness that ranges from the most buoyant of smiles to a glassy-eyed stupor. Her considerable star power (whatever happened to her, by the way?) infuses Serial Mom with quirky charm.
The DVD
The Video:
Serial Mom: Collector's Edition finally corrects the pan-and-scan version of the movie's previous DVD incarnation. Presented here in anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1, the picture quality is spot-on, with fine details, bright colors and realistic skin tones.
The Audio:
The rear speakers don't get much of a workout in this Dolby Digital 5.1 mix, but the sound is sharp and clean, and there is no distortion or drop-out. Optional subtitles are in Spanish, French and English for the hearing-impaired.
Thankfully, the disc includes a commentary with John Waters, which is a carryover from Serial Mom's previous release on DVD. As any self-disrespecting John Waters fan would expect, the commentary is a hoot. The famously chatty filmmaker waxes on everything from serial killers to trade secrets about how to get dogs to lick bare toes (butter does the trick, for those keeping score at home).
A second commentary track features Waters and Kathleen Turner (whose husky voice somewhere along the way transmogrified from sexy to that of female impersonator). The track is disappointing. Waters covers much the same ground as he did on the earlier commentary. Turner doesn't have much to offer -- although she does note that fans still implore her to say "pussy willow" in character as Beverly Sutphin.
Serial Mom: Surreal Moments (29:04) is a solid, informative retrospective featuring interviews with Waters, Lake, Lillard, Stole, Waterston and several crew members. Turner is conspicuously absent. Among the nifty anecdotes is a recollection about how then-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor visited the movie set as the guest of Kathleen Turner. The jurist was reportedly star-struck about meeting Patty Hearst, who has a bit part in the picture.
The King of Gore: Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman (11:35) feels only slightly justified as an extra, but that doesn't preclude it from being a small delight. Lewis' notorious gore fest, Blood Feast, has a peripheral role in Serial Mom, but Lewis, Friedman (his producer) and Waters are on-hand here to discuss that 1963 schlock masterpiece.
Rounding out the bonus features are a vintage promotional piece called The Making of Serial Mom (6:11) and a theatrical trailer.
Final Thoughts:
Serial Mom isn't one of the most memorable flicks in the John Waters canon, but this occasionally wicked black comedy is still worth a look. The "collector's edition" also scores points for a smattering of decent extras. It's not indispensable, but it's not half-bad, either.
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By Bicycle to Kathmandu
The Anthro Department has a new faculty member. Götz Hoeppe arrived
in Williamsburg, as he arrived at anthropology, by circuitous routes, by
a kind of conceptual as well as geographical stochastic stroll across
the world. An early fascination with astronomy was tempered just enough
by his parents' subscription to the National Geographic magazine to
result in a complex world view which encompasses stars, boats, cultural
enquiry and a firm commitment to the richness of human life. What could
be more anthropological than that?
First things first. 'Götz' is a contraction or variant of 'Gottfried', a much more familiar kind of moniker. "Even in Germany people ask about my name!" he confesses. We are already getting used to it. Götz Hoeppe is German (although born in Singapore) and grew up in Wittzenhausen in the heart of fairytale country, where the brothers Grimm first gathered many of their eerie tales. (The castle in a nearby town was the original of the vine-covered resting place of Sleeping Beauty.)
Childhood telescopes gave way to math, physics and the other higher order components of modern cosmology. When grad school beckoned, Hoeppe decided to make a break from familiar surroundings, ending up at the University of New Mexico studying physics and astronomy.
"What could be more different from Germany than New Mexico? It is so beautiful, and it's still one of my favorite places" he says. Nor did it offer an escape from the lure of the anthropological. While at New Mexico he continued to take anthropology courses, continuing an undergraduate interest.
"The first thing I did was buy a motorcycle. When I needed to get away from school and physics, I'd ride out to Acoma or Laguna. I was drawn to the reservation villages – and I came to like sleeping out in the desert behind Acoma pueblo." He also brought his telescope with him to Zuni Pueblo middle school to talk about the stars and to show students cosmological objects through the telescope. A Zuni elder was delegated to make sure the proper respect was paid to those cosmological beings during these outings – anthropology literally looking over his shoulder.
His astronomical work led, after graduation, to a proposed involvement in a project at the Australian Telescope Compact Array. The telescope time was scheduled a year in advance, and Götz found himself back in Germany with time on his hands. He decided to go to Australia 'overland' (or 'oversea' – his goal was to avoid air travel completely if possible), organizing his travel around astronomical colleagues and institutions. A planned trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway was ditched at the last minute when an opportunity to go East via the Silk Road opened up. Samarkhand, Bukhara and other fabled central Asian cities led on, by bus, from Turkmenistan to Kyrgystan and then to China.
Buses go to Tibet too, and in Lhasa Hoeppe ran into an American traveling by bike. A nice change from buses, apparently – "It seemed like a great idea!". And so Götz bought a bicycle and rode ("Well, pushed is more like it...") it over the Himalayas to Kathmandu. From there he cris-crossed the subcontinent to Madras, where he bought a used copy of Levi-Strauss' "Structural Anthropology' and ended his air embargo when he discovered that the freedom offered by tramp steamers came with too many strings.
But something had happened along the road, and India crystallized it in some undefinable way. Arriving in Indonesia, although he was nearing his geographical goal, his intellectual goal was less clear. On a ferry in the Moluccas he befriended a local girl who directed him to her uncle in a village on the coast. Her uncle, she assured him, could help him build or acquire an out-rigger canoe, a long held dream of his. He also had an idea of finding out about what relationship existed between these sea going people and his beloved stars. Armed with a letter of introduction to a man who turned out never to be found, he went to the village and stayed for four months. There he got his canoe, the 'Daloha Star' (transformed from tree into boat during his stay), and took it through the islands to New Guinea. By the time he got to Australia he knew that, other than chronologically, he was an anthropologist before he was an astronomer.
|The tree that became the Daloha Star
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Götz Hoeppe's new track took him eventually to the Freie Universität Berlin, by way of editorships in astronomical and science magazines, and there he discovered he could be admitted to the Anthropology doctoral program despite lacking any previous degree in the field, leading to his PhD in 2002. Along the way he wrote a book about why the sky is blue. "I was intrigued by how differently a single phenomenon, accessible to all of mankind, has been interpreted and explained in various cultural and historical contexts." The book is now available in English under the title: Why the Sky is Blue: Discovering the Color of Life, (2007 Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press).
He chose to return to India for his field work. Once again he worked
with boats, living with Hindu fisher folk in Kerala. Their knowledge
of the stars was disappointing, but their engagement with the
environment with which and in which they struggled to live was filled
with meaning. Like many of us, Hoeppe also discovered that in the case
of these Indian fishers engagement with the environment leads inevitably
to political engagement as well.
Most recently Hoeppe has been examining the anthropology of astronomical work communities, uniting his two passions. Working with groups at observatories in Chile, Spain and elsewhere, his research looks at the nature of scientific enquiry as an intellectual and social activity, and at the conceptual status of the knowledge produced by these communities. Here at the College, Dr. Hoeppe will be teaching a variety of courses, concentrating on his interests in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) which embraces scientific communities and the sociology of technology, as well as focusing on south India as a cultural region.
Hoeppe finds in anthropology a tool for making sense of the world. "Anthropology allows us to ask simple questions about complex things, and complex questions about simple things. It allows us to play with conceptual scale, trading complexity and simplicity back and forth to make sense of the world." Asked what insights he hopes to provide for students, he answers quickly: "How welcoming people are. They will let you into their world if you just ask. I want to incite an enthusiasm for discovery."


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|How to Estimate
Measuring Before Estimating Wallcovering Needs
The most important step in estimating wallcovering is accurate measurements. Use a yardstick or steel tape measure, never a cloth tape measure. Take measurements in feet rounding off to the next highest half foot or foot. Draw a room diagram showing doors, windows and ceiling height. If a wall is unusually broken up with a fireplace, built-in bookcases, etc., a diagram with detailed measurements will be beneficial in figuring square footage of wallcovering needed.
Measure wall height from floor to ceiling. Exclude baseboards and moldings. Measure length of each wall including doors and windows. Find the total square feet of the wall(s) by multiplying ceiling height by total wall length. Subtract areas that will not be covered. (Standard doors are about 3 x 7 feet or 21square feet; standard windows about 3 x 4 or 12 square feet.)
These calculations give the total number of square feet to be covered. Using this the number of rolls or linear yards of wallcovering can be determined.
For example:
In the above figure, each wall is 12' long with an 8' ceiling. Multiply 12 x 8 = 96 square feet for each wall, then multiply 96 x 4 (since there are four walls with 96 square feet each)= 384 total square feet for the room.
Metric Single Roll
These figures work well for normal sized walls. For unusually short (under 3 feet) or high (over 9 feet) they do not apply.
Using the above diagram as an example, figure the amount of wallcovering that will be needed to hang the room. The figure of 384 square feet has not taken into account the square footage of the doors and windows. Subtract the actual square footage of each opening - 21 square feet for the door, and 12 square feet for each of the windows. 384 square feet - 45 square feet (21 + 12 + 12 = 45) = 339 square feet of wallspace that will be covered with wallcovering. If you are using a wallcovering with a pattern repeat of 8 inches, figure that each metric single roll will contain 22 square feet of usable wallcovering, 339 square feet (the amount of wallspace from above that will be hung) divided by 22 square feet (from Usable Yield Chart) which equals 15.4, or round up to 16 metric singlerolls that will be needed to hang the example toom (8 metric rolls).
The equation would look like this:
384 sq. ft. (room size)
=339 sq. ft. of wallspace that will be hung
339 sq. ft. / 22 sq. ft. = 15.4 msr to hang the room, rounded up to 16 msr.
When estimating a wall that has a diagonal, remember there will be extra waste to allow for the slope of the steps or the ceiling pitch. There are two different types of stairways to figure: one with a horizontal ceiling line, and the second with a diagonal ceiling line that parallels the fall of the steps.
In both cases, the first step is to divide the wall in either squares or rectangles to determine the square footage. In the figure given above, the upstairs ceiling height is 8", and the downstairs ceiling height is 8". These figures are the length of the wall. Next, measure wall width horizontally from the top of the stairs to an imaginary vertical line originating at the bottom of the stairs, which in the example is 15". Taking the top rectangle, figure 8" x 15" = 120 sq. ft. Next, figure the bottom rectangle, 8" x 15" = 120 sq. ft., but since a portion of this wall area is under the stairs, multiply the bottom rectangle square footage by 65%, an industry standard. Add the two figures together to arrive at the square feet that needs to by hung with wallcovering. The equation would look as follows:
8" x 15" = 120 sq. ft. (top rectangle)
Once you have the square footage figured, estimate the amount of wallcovering just as you would for an ordinary room, finding the usable square feet for the particular pattern from the Usable Yield Chart and then dividing the total square feet by that figure.
For example, if using a wallcovering with repeat of 14", each msr would contain 20 square feet of usable wallcovering. The equation would look as follows: 198 sq. ft. / 20 sq. ft. = 9.9 msr rounded to 10 msr. If the stairway has a sloping ceiling, do as the first example in finding the width and length of the imaginary rectangle or square. The next step is to take both of these rectangle/square figures multiplied by 65% to find the square feet of wall area. The equation would look as follows:
8" x 15" = 120 sq. ft. (top rectangle)
Using the same pattern with a repeat of 14", each msr would contain 20 square feet of usable wallcovering and the equation would look as follows:
156 sq. ft. / 20 sq. ft. = 7.8 msr rounded to 8 msr
A cathedral ceiling would be estimated the same way, squaring the top rectangle, multiplying the square feet by 65%, then adding that figure to the square feet of the bottom rectangle.
Estimating Commercial Square Footage
After the wallcovering has been determined from the specification, now figure the square footage and how much is needed for the job. Once the width is known, the number of square feet in a lineal yard for that particular wallcovering width can be determined. An important formula to remember is:
For example:
1500 square feet of wall space would require 112 yards without waste.
Once the width and the square footage for the width is known, any amount can be determined. If the yardage for a particular width is known, and the width of the material is changed, to convert from one width to another, work backward to determine the yardage.
For example:
These are exact yardage amounts and do not allow for waste caused by pattern repeat. A 10 percent waste factor is a good figure to consider; however, a matching pattern with a large repeat would require additional material compared to a textured pattern without a match. All contractors should be aware of the pattern, width, and match before submitting final cid and figures.
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In a 3-quart saucepan over high heat, bring the barley and 4 cups of water to a boil. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking for about 30 minutes. Drain and set aside.
(If using quick-cooking barley, omit this step.)
In a Dutch oven or saucepot, over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil. Add the celery and onion, continuing to cook for about 10 minutes, or until soft. Add the mushrooms. Cook for about 10 minutes until the liquid evaporates and the mushrooms are lightly browned. Reduce the heat and add the tomato paste. Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
Add the beef broth, carrots, sherry, salt, barley, (not if using the quick-cooking barley) and about 4 cups of water, (use the reconstituting liquid from the dried musahrooms, if using, and adding enough water to make 4 cups.) Heat until it reaches a boil, then reduce immediately to low.
Cover and simmer for about half an hour, or until the carrots and barley are tender. (If using quick-cooking barley, add it about 15 minutes into the last simmering and cook for 10-15 minutes.)


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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a renewal version of the 1995 film produced as part of celebration for the release of The Sky Crawlers in 2008. For the Version 2.0, all the animation were re-produced with latest technologies such as 3D-CGI, and the soundtrack was also renewed.
All the voices were re-recorded again. Notably, the voice actor of "Puppet Master" was changed from Iemasa Kayumi to Yoshiko Sakakibara. Some dialogs were changed from the original.
Kenji Kawai remixed music with 6.1 Channel Surround and Randy Thom of Skywalker Sound joined as Sound Designer to improve the sound.
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Title : Ghost in the Shell 2.0
AniDB : http://anidb.net/a6122
Parts : Full movie
Genre : Cyberpunk / Scifi / Action
Release Date : 2008-12-25
Feature Length : 83 minutes
Size : 5.98 GB (1080p)
2.62 GB (720p)
Audio : Japanese 6.1 FLAC (from Dolby TrueHD)
Subtitles : English (ASS)
Video Frame Rate : 23.976 CFR
Video Resolution : 1904x1072, displayed as 1920x1080
Video Codec : x264 r1057
Source : Region A Japanese Bluray
Ripper : TheFluff
How to use mkv files:
If you haven't set up your system for Matroska playback, install and use the CCCP:
Release notes:
I got the special edition boxset for this in the mail a few days before Christmas,
so I thought I'd give all the nice kids out there a gift.
Grain is good for you, so I left most of it in and encoded with psy-rd.
Only filtering done was some light temporal softening courtesy of ttempsmooth().
It still took around 24 hours to encode the entire 24 GB .m2ts with 1-pass x264
CRF 18 on my Core2Q6600 (1080p version, 720p took around half as long).
Long live the joys of high definition video.
The odd resolution in the 1080p version is because the black borders landed me
just outside a nice mod16 resolution in both directions, so I opted to not resize
at all and just set the display resolution to 1920x1080 instead.
Audio is really 6.1, it's not a typo for 5.1. The source was Dolby TrueHD,
a lossless codec that doesn't fit into MKV (or any other container besides MPEG TS)
currently, so I just transcoded it to the much more widely supported Free Lossless
Audio Codec (FLAC), which incidentally compresses better too.
Subtitles were OCR'd from the bluray (yes, this Japanese release does have English
subtitles), given a suitably readable font, proofread and muxed in.
Chapter names are my own since I couldn't find any official names (not that I
looked very hard).
Finally, Merry Christmas, and if you enjoyed this movie it might be a nice idea
to buy it on Bluray or DVD; the Japanese relase has excellent English subtitles
so there are no excuses this time. Have fun.
Bonus: a translation of the poem at the very start of the movie
(thanks guuchan and Suzuran). Apparently it quotes several passages from Manyoushuu
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyoushuu).
"When I dance, the beautiful women are bewitched.
When I dance, the shining moon echoes.
For my marriage, God descends to the Earth, the dawn breaks, and the golden mountain thrush sings.
The distant gods give their blessings to us."
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Command and Control using AR Glasses and Gesture 'Glove'
There was an impressive demo at the Fujitsu booth showing how a maintenance engineer could observe and adjust flow rates in pipe and valves and make sure they were operating properly and even make adjustments to controls. Smart Glasses from Vuzix were coupled to a "smart gesture" glove to put the engineer in control of a number of complex operations.
it was quite an impressive demo from the Augmented Reality perspective, but I'm hoping that the technologically impressive, but somewhat cumbersome "glove" will be replaced with hand gestures and voice command recognition in the near future.
DoCoMo Demonstrated Face Recognition on Glass and Vuzix M100
DoCoMo had a very effective demo of face recognition at their booth. They were showing how headworn Smart Glasses with both camera and display on board can see, analyse and then display to the user info about the person being looked at. Leads to all kind of questions about privacy, etc. But the state of the technology is well demonstrated by this demo.
It illustrated well the art of the possible in terms of image recognition and the resulting display of relevant information which has many applications and in professional and industrial terms, would be quite empowering especially in situations where the user needs access to info about what he is looking at and needs to operate in a handsfree mode.
The demo was shown using Google Glass which is still in developer only mode ("Explorers") and commercially available Vuzix M100 which is already being deployed in several industrial applications.
Lots of Applications and Use Cases for Smart Glasses
Smart Glasses have graduated from the geeky gadgets phase to business enhancing use cases. The top three Smart Glasses in terms of commercial availability were present on many booths at MWC being used to show off real money making or saving applications.
What caught my eye was the showing of workplace enhancing applications by many of the large corporations using Smart Glasses in real industrial and professional applications. Smart Glasses from the three Smart Glasses leaders, Google, Vuzix and Epson were on show demoing specific industrial applications such as warhousing operations, field repair, flow control, face recognition, security, and others. Often these were shown interchangeably with a single application being shown most often on Google Glass and Vuzix M100.
Vuzix devices were shown exclusively on the Fujitsu, BarcodEye and Brilliant Services booths.
SAP and DoCoMo were showing Applications on Google Glass and Vuzix M100 all three were used with various Augmented Reality applications on the Wikitude and Metaio booths.
quite an advancement from last year where only prototype devices were on show.
Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality Ecosystem
Evidence of the Augmented Reality and Smart Glasses ecosystem forming for end to end solutions took major steps forward at MWC.
Firstly, Layar, Metaio and Wikitude, the largest AR platform providers, have cooperated to make it easy for AR content to be shared across their technology platforms. There was a demonstration of AR content being used interchangeably by these browsers at an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) event at the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC) during the Mobile World Congress. This will greatly expand the scope of content creators and application developers to apply their innovations across multiple platforms.
Secondly, was the joint announcement of AR software platform company Wikitude and Vuzix of an alliance to offer SDK and APIs for Wikitude licensees to develop AR applications directly on the Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses device. This follows a similar alliance announcement made previously between Vuzix and Metaio.
Sensors - Key to Wearables and AR User Value
InvenSense sensors and analysis software are in just about everything that moves in the mobile sector (I was told). Very accurate sound and motion sensing devices such as MEMS microphones and multi-axis motion tracking devices. Depending on application, InvenSense offers one to nine axis devices which include gyros, accelerometers and compass functions. These are their bread and butter, but of special note are their analysis software capabilities which make sense out of what is happening to turn raw data into situation and context terms. I spoke at length with Tanja Hofner, their Sr. Director of Hardware Applications and learned a lot about the art of the possible with sensors and why most simple step counters and other sensors being used in wearable products just don't deliver the value without proper in-context analysis and of course the UI to produce a genuinely valuable user experience.
if it's temperature and humidity that is needed, than another sensor company at MWC, Sensirion caught my eye as experts in this area. The tiny speck of s sensor pointed out in the picture is all it takes to add those parameters to the context needed to figure out what is going on. This wonderfully scientific and geeky looking sample they gave me adds battery and display to their tiny sensor to make it useful. Since your mobile phone and most wearable devices already have these, all you need is the sensor.
Still under Development
Very encouraging advances on show at CES 2014 from three further candidate Smart Glasses display technologies.
GlassUp – Projection on coated lens, currently Monochrome
Optinvent – Another approach to see-through lenses that has lots of promise.
Innovega iOptik – Uses special contact lenses to produce very wide FoV see-through experience and potential to address some near eye focus challenges.
As with Lumus, these are display technologies with potential, but not full featured applications development platforms like Google Glass, Vuzix M100 and Epson BT200.
Lumus see-through lenses
LUMUS has been working on core display technology for some time now and year on year, seems to produce better, brighter displays and this year at CES didn't disappoint. The display is rich in colour yet lens is reasonably see through. LUMUS is producing the lens technology and as far as I could tell, not yet a full packaged product with OS, SDK, sensors, applications, etc.
They state that a one-eye solution is most viable and are targeting military and high end industrial manufacturers and VARS to produce the final product.
Shown are their prototype implementation of the display technology, and monocular packaging.
Probably not a product for broad applications for a while, but the display technology did catch my eye.
Epson - Latest model launched at CES
Epson brought to CES 2014 their next generation product with several industrial and professional applications examples being shown by partners and software developers on their booth. Like Vuzix, their open OS for development is Android, so existing platforms and applications can be run directly with only slight modification. Their Smart Glasses do this via a separate tethered control box and battery, so not as totally self contained and wearable as the M100, but in the industrial applications they are addressing, this is probably acceptable. The important aspect to note is that in both the Vuzix and Epson cases, SDK and APIs that enable a standard Android OS are the core offering. Expect a proliferation of Apps to appear based on valuable use cases.
Very encouraging again to see not just technology, but valuable applications such as medical, maintenance, gaming, etc. with fairly simple to use UI's On show from this company.
Vuzix M100 and potential for Consumer Smart Glasses
One of the first commercially available of the Smart Glasses is from Vuzix who is specifically targeting the professional, industrial and prosumer sectors with this product. Also seen from Vuzix at Showstoppers and on the CES exhibition floor was their next generation lens technology which could be the beginning of consumer appropriate see-through Smart Glasses. These enabling technologies will only take hold if a large number of valuable industrial and eventually consumer applications become available.
A wearable camera and near eye display coupled to context awareness enabling sensors, plus an open Android Applications platform able to store or connect to relevant information is a killer combination for enabling a wide range of valuable professional and industrial use cases. There is a ready market for this device. Desk-less, hands-free work environments are the killer sectors.
Making this unobtrusive, fashionable and even undetectable is the key to wide spread consumer use, simply because the value propositions already exist and are a high value subset of what smartphones are taken out and used for now, but will extend well beyond that when the consumer friendly, wearable technology becomes available.
Vuzix is breaking important new ground in both areas with their commercially available M100 monocular Smart Glass product and with thin, see through lens technology ready to deploy in normal looking consumer eyeglasses formats.
At CES 2014 they were showing Industrial Applications on the M100s developed by industrial partners and VAR's.
They were also showing patented Waveguide lenses which will be used in their consumer Smart Glasses. Hopefully we will see these as products at CES2015 :-)
Smart Glasses at CES 2014
Thanks to Pete Wassell at Augmate and contributions from the companies who are the real veterans in head mounted displays, there was a very nice and informative showcase at the entrance to the Eureka Park in the Venetian.
I have personally been monitoring this sector for 15 years so this was a bit of a nostalgic experience for me. I was involved in the very early days with Reflection Technology who broke early ground. Then Microvision launched their Nomad product which sported a Virtual Retinal Display and in cooperation with Metaio, sold this into the automobile industry as a repair mechanic's aid.
If you think Google Glass is a breakthrough product you only have to look at what Vuzix (called Icuity then) and MicroOptical (myvu) launched in the late 1990's to see that this headworn display technology has been around for a while from these early innovators. The difference from then to now is that the belt or backpack worn PC that drove this is now completely headworn and in the case of the M100 from Vuzix, is a complete open platform Android OS device, so the Applications software can come from several sectors in parallel.
So the Journey from HMD's of 10+ years ago takes us right into a new era of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality. Thank you Google for bringing this onto the radar screens of the potential user sectors. The Technology is now available and in the hands of developers!
Market researchers ABI predict that 2 million Smart Glasses type devices will be sold this year (2014). This seems a bit optimistic, but with Vuzix M100 commercially available now and Google Glass and Epson coming into general commercial availability in the next months it's at least a possibility from the supply side of the equation. This has never been the case before.
The next chapters in this story will be very interesting ones!


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The Best Places to Take a Date in Ulsan
Words and Photos by Ashley Hatcher Although Valentine's Day is over, that doesn't mean the romance doesn't need to stop. You could take your date to the typical coffee shop or dinner and a movie but where's the fun in that? I've compiled a list of unique ideas to take a date around Ulsan, but of course all of these activities are perfect to do with friends as well. Dog Cafe/Cat Cafe There are many around Ulsan but my personal...Read More
In Memory of Dave Harvey
Dave Harvey may not be a household name in Ulsan these days, but he certainly helped create the amazing expat community that exists here today. On December 27th of 2015 Dave Harvey passed away from a rare form of cancer that had taken over his body in less than a year. He was only 37 years old. Dave was instrumental in helping the expat community become what it is today. He arrived here back in 2003 with his best...Read More
Creative Taekwondo
For foreigners looking to get into shape and achieve a better understanding of Korean culture and etiquette, taekwondo is your best choice. However, the biggest challenge is not just getting your black belt before you leave but finding the right "dojeong" or school. There are so many dojeongs in Ulsan, it can be a difficult choice, not to mention so few speak English. However, Creative Taekwondo has you covered. Creative Taekwondo offers classes in English for both kids and...Read More
After Ulsan: Chris Mazeroll
It is not every day that you get a chance to meet up with someone that you met while living abroad. We often lose contact with those who were a big part of the community here in Ulsan after they leave. However, when I heard that a prominent member of the Ulsan community was living now "near" where I was studying, I made the 5 1/2 hour drive out to see him. After a long drive through some of the...Read More
Beyond Surviving South Korea: Top 5 Tips for an Awesome Life
I've been living in Korea for almost 10 years and I've met plenty of people who were thriving, but I've also seen people who were just surviving, and just barely in some cases. Some of these people who were only surviving had been living here for years. Don't let it happen to you! Create a happy life for yourself in your adopted home. Here are my top 5 tips to help you have an awesome life in South Korea....Read More
MERS – What You Should Know
The internet in Korea is buzzing with information about the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The rumour mills also have been running day in and day out which is confusing the issue for most people who are concerned about the safety of their families and themselves. The Canadian Embassy now warns about following media reports during this time and suggests heading to credible sources of information like WHO website Also noted from the letter sent out by the Canadian Embassy...Read More
The Wealthy Teacher: An Interview with Jackie Bolen
The expat community in Ulsan is very diverse but a large portion of the population are English teachers. While the money is decent for young single people, it may not be the best job in the long run. So how do you become wealthy as an English teacher here in South Korea? Better yet, how do you make sure that you are covered for the future. This is a concept that many teachers fail to think about until it...Read More
Ulsan Awareness and Safety Night 2015
Whenever you come to a new place it always takes time to adjust and to understand things. Sadly, at times things can take a turn for the worst. While many have the time of their lives here in Ulsan, some have had an unfortunate experience and it is why the event was planned. Amanda Bell, Sean O'Gorman and Kristen Svenstrup Keuler put together a night to help raise awareness for safety in Ulsan. Safety has always been an issue...Read More
Independant Culture in Ulsan
By Philip Brett Ulsan is an industrial city. This has not changed. In 2012 I was informed that the only things to do here were drinking and shopping. That has certainly changed over the last few years. Whether you're new to the city or just looking for something new to do about town, here's a (in no way comprehensive) list of options. Go support your local scene, or better yet – get involved. Make music, organise a show, or...Read More
NB Clinic: English-Speaking Skin Clinic in Samsandong
**Update August 2015*** Doctor Kim Su Mi has gone to Busan. However, Doctor Park Min Woo and staff speak English as well. We get asked a lot of questions over on our facebook page and aside from the usual "where can I find an English-speaking dentist?" there is usually a question with regards to health. NB Clinic (Natural Beauty) is a skin clinic located in Samsandong, next to Outback Steakhouse and offers a wide range of services. Now, I...Read More


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Czechoslovak Communist leader Ladislav Adamec was a KGB informer, according to the Mitrokhin Archive, a collection of notes by a KGB officer who defected to the UK that is now held at Cambridge University. Under the code name Atos, Adamec, who was prime minister when the Velvet Revolution started in November 1989, figures in a list of KGB informers among the upper echelons of the Communist Party in the then Czechoslovakia, the Czech daily Právo reported on Saturday.
Lucie Šafářová has won tennis's Prague Open. The Czech second seed overcame Samantha Stosur of Australia 3-6 6-1 6-4 in Saturday's final in the city's Stromovka park. It is the seventh WTA title of Šafářová's career and her first since Doha in February last year. The one-time world number five had previously not won a single match this season after suffering from a serious illness last year.
The average age of apartment buildings in the Czech Republic since their construction or most recent renovation is 52 years, according to figures from the Czech Statistics Office cited by the Czech News Agency on Saturday. Prague has the oldest apartment buildings, with an average age of 61 years. Almost 90 percent of the capital's residents live in flats, with almost half of the total of 600,000 located in prefabricated "panel" buildings.
The Czech minister of health, Svatopluk Němeček, says he wants to work with doctors unions in finding a solution to the problem of medics doing excessive overtime. Mr. Němeček said on Saturday that he would next week ask Martin Engel, the chairman of the Czech Doctor's Trade Union, to specify what action his body wants from the Ministry of Health. The union recently said that if the legal limit of 416 hours of overtime a year was adhered to there would not be enough doctors to serve patients in the country's hospitals.
A group of Iraqi Christian refugees who left the Czech Republic for Germany have appealed their forced return to the Czech Republic, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees told the Czech News Agency. The date of their deportation has not yet been set, the agency said. The group of 25 were brought to the Czech Republic by the NGO Generation 21 in early April along with around 125 other Iraqi Christians. However, they left soon afterwards for Germany, where they were detained shortly after crossing the border.
The Czech Republic and the German state of Saxony have agreed on the joint construction of a new high-speed rail connection between Prague and Dresden. The line, which involves the construction of a tunnel under the Krušné Hory mountain range, should be in operation by 2030. It is expected to cut the current journey time between the two cities from two hours to just one.
Seven people were seriously injured when a bus crashed near Kadaň in northwest Bohemia on Friday evening. Eighteen other passengers were also hurt in the incident which occurred when the bus hit large exposed municipal hot water pipes by the side of the road. Three of the injured were taken to hospital by helicopter, though their lives are not in danger, according to a police spokesperson. Around 5,000 people in the area were left without hot water and heating when the collision interrupted supplies.
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec has dismissed Karel Kadlec from the police force after he rammed 51 parked cars with his SUV while in a state of inebriation in Prague earlier this month. The 46-year-old is being investigated by the police's internal affairs unit and could face three years in prison if found guilty of endangerment under the influence. Mr. Kadlec apologised for the damage caused and offered to pay compensation.
The Czech government will not aid the ailing coal mining company OKD, but will focus on helping miners who are to be laid off, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Friday following talks with trade unions and employers. Friday was the deadline for a possible deal with the government which would allow the OKD mines to remain in operation. Bankruptcy procedures are now likely to start within days. The company has close to 10,000 stem employees and thousands of other jobs in the region are dependent on it.
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec has moved to dispel public concern with regard to claims in the German media that the Czech Republic was being used by illegal migrants as an alternate route to Germany. The minister said that in the course of the past two months German police had detained four cars with illegal migrants who had allegedly crossed the Czech-German border and the Czech police detained two cars with migrants seeking to make an illegal crossing. The number of migrants who enter the Czech Republic is minimal and there is nothing at all to indicate a new migrant route forming, the minister said.


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- NBA Most Overrated as Written by Charley Rosen at Foxsports.com
In this article, Rosen argues that KG, CP3, and Chris Bosh – and others – are overrated. Rosen's article has a few legit points, but he has no real proof to his argument. What is his standard?
In the article Rosen claims that KG is not clutch and does not come through in important games. He also states that CP3 does not play defense and is very ineffective in half court offense out side of a pick and roll.
Anyway. Take a read.
- Sporting News: Top 50 Coach's of All-Time
"Headlining the new issue of Sporting News Magazine: our list of sports' 50 greatest coaches of all time, as selected by a panel of 118 Hall of Famers, championship coaches and other experts."
This is a very interesting article by Jeff D'Alessio which lists coaches from all the major sports – i.e. NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and college basketball and football.
Here is the Top-11 from the list, they only question I have. Don Shula? Really?
1. John Wooden, college basketball
2. Vince Lombardi, NFL
3. Bear Bryant, college football
4. Phil Jackson, NBA
5. Don Shula, NFL
6. Red Auerbach, NBA
7. Scotty Bowman, NHL
8. Dean Smith, college basketball
9. Casey Stengel, MLB
10. Knute Rockne, college football
11. Pat Summitt, women's college basketball
- All-Metrodome Team
Tyler Mason, from MLB.com, put together an 18 man team of the best players that played in the Metrodome starting in 1982. It mostly players from the 1987 '91 Championship Teams, Paul Molter and Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan.
- 1B: Kent Hrbek
- 2B: Chuck Knoblauch
- SS: Greg Gagne
- 3B: Gary Gaetii
- C: Joe Mauer
- OF: Kirby Puckett
- OF: Dan Gladden
- OF: Tom Brunansky
- OF: Torii Hunter
- DH: Paul Molitor and Justin Morneau
- Pitchers: Frank Viola, Bert Blyleven, Brad Radke, and Johan Santana.
- Relief Pirchers: Joe Nathan and Rick Aguilera
- Manager: Tom Kelly
I am good with 98% of the list. Gladden is questionable when you look at Shane Mack. But I am not sure where Morneau fits on the team, but he does deserve it – AL MVP.
Paul Molitorat DH is the biggest question mark. He had one great season in 1996 and then fell off quickly. But I am not sure there is a better choice available than Molitor.
PS – Brett Favre = Still Retired.